Health authorities are trying to determine why dentists are dying, after discovering an unusual pattern in lung disease cases. The US Centers...
Milwaukee is seeing an alarming increase in sexually transmitted diseases, health officials state. More concerning is that a large number of those...
A major malfunction that caused equipment failure at an egg freezing facility in Cleveland may have left over 2,000 eggs and embryos...
An ex-rugby player in Australia swallowed a garden slug on a dare, and is now fighting his government in order to keep...
A woman is in recovery after being attacked by a wild otter while kayaking in Florida. Sue Spector, 77, was kayaking with...
Thousands of cheerleaders have been warned about possible mumps exposure during a national competition in Dallas last month, Texas health authorities said....
Babies who look like their dads upon being born are apparently more likely to spend more time with their fathers, making them...
Parents who are worried about their kids getting too many vaccines at once can rest easy, a new study says. Children who...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced that at least 78 people have died and 353 have been infected in an “unprecedented”...
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first home test for consumers to check breast cancer risk. The DIY test,...
Hundreds of doctors in Kenya have gone on strike more than one week after medical staff were suspended due to operating on...
More and more American kids are getting admitted to the intensive care unit due to prescription painkiller or other opioid overdoses, a...
A large group of doctors issued a controversial statement today on type 2 diabetes, saying that patients can now aim for blood...
Researchers have long been struggling to explain the so-called obesity paradox, wherein people who are overweight or obese live longer than those...
South Africa’s health ministry has issued a warning for consumers to avoid “all processed meat products that are sold as ready-to-eat” after...
A man in Houston thought he merely had a blister on his foot, but it escalated to an amputation after he turned...
A coyote that went on a biting spree in a New York City suburb has tested positive for rabies. The coyote was...
Researchers put together the world’s biggest family tree that has records on around 13 million people. They used interconnected online genealogy profiles...
Those who want a body part to look bigger in a photo merely have to take a selfie, or at least, an...
Four medical staff members in Kenya have been suspended after operating on the head of the wrong patient at a hospital in...